Simon Killer (movie)

"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," a dramedy about a high-school senior and his relationship with a leukemia-afflicted classmate, was the big winner at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's film, which uses animation and other flourishes in telling its coming-of-age story, took both audience and grand jury prizes in the U.S. dramatic category.

"This movie is about processing loss and celebrating a beautiful life and a beautiful man," Gomez-Rejon said as he accepted the grand jury prize, alluding to his late father, Julio Cesar Gomez-Rejon, to whom the film is dedicated.

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"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," a dramedy about a high-school senior and his relationship with a leukemia-afflicted classmate, was the big winner at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night.
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